The purpose of this page to write a brief story about how your family commemorates ANZAC day and why ANZAC day is significant to you
What do you do to commemorate ANZAC day? On ANZAC day my family and I go to the dawn service and then go out for breakfast. Even though we do go to dawn service it would be nice to do something more significant one year like planting poppies.
Who of your relative were involved, where and when? My Great Grandpa, Kevin Lumbers fought in World War 2 as a pilot. Kevin joined the army in 1939, the year war was declared. He registered in Sydney, NSW.
Why is it important to you and your family? Although my family and I go to dawn service every year, ANZAC day is not that important to us. I think this is because we do not know any relatives that served in World War 1. I also think that Anzac is not that important to us because it was around 100 years ago.
My ANZAC Story:
My Great Grandpa, Kevin Lumbers fought in World War 2 as a fighter pilot. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) despite not knowing how to fly. He enlisted in 1939 in Sydney, New South Whales. Kevin was born in 1910 in North Adelaide, South Australia. He was married to Mavis Lumbers. Joining RAAF not knowing how to fly was a risky decision that Kevin was willing to take. The fastest Australian planes were Wirraway trainers, which were only capable of one-third the speed of the German Messerschmidt BF109’s. German had the upper hand by having the fastest planes of the time. Kevin fought during the whole war (1939- 1948) and he survived.
At the end of World War 2 the men who survived World War 2 in the Royal Australian Air Force were given gifts to award them for their contribution. The gift was custom made gold cufflinks with the plane that you flew on them. Kevin flew a Spitfire, it is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during and after the Second World War. The Wirraway trainer was the plane that my Great Grandpa flew at the start of World War 2. It was Australia's fastest plane and it was used for training pilots. By the end of World War 2 he was flying the fastest plane in Britain, the Supermarine Spitfire. Flying this plane then led to him receiving the award of the gold cufflinks.
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Purpose:
The purpose of this page to write a brief story about how your family commemorates ANZAC day and why ANZAC day is significant to youWhat do you do to commemorate ANZAC day?
On ANZAC day my family and I go to the dawn service and then go out for breakfast. Even though we do go to dawn service it would be nice to do something more significant one year like planting poppies.
Who of your relative were involved, where and when?
My Great Grandpa, Kevin Lumbers fought in World War 2 as a pilot. Kevin joined the army in 1939, the year war was declared. He registered in Sydney, NSW.
Why is it important to you and your family?
Although my family and I go to dawn service every year, ANZAC day is not that important to us. I think this is because we do not know any relatives that served in World War 1. I also think that Anzac is not that important to us because it was around 100 years ago.
My ANZAC Story:
My Great Grandpa, Kevin Lumbers fought in World War 2 as a fighter pilot. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) despite not knowing how to fly. He enlisted in 1939 in Sydney, New South Whales. Kevin was born in 1910 in North Adelaide, South Australia. He was married to Mavis Lumbers. Joining RAAF not knowing how to fly was a risky decision that Kevin was willing to take. The fastest Australian planes were Wirraway trainers, which were only capable of one-third the speed of the German Messerschmidt BF109’s. German had the upper hand by having the fastest planes of the time. Kevin fought during the whole war (1939- 1948) and he survived.
At the end of World War 2 the men who survived World War 2 in the Royal Australian Air Force were given gifts to award them for their contribution. The gift was custom made gold cufflinks with the plane that you flew on them. Kevin flew a Spitfire, it is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during and after the Second World War.
The Wirraway trainer was the plane that my Great Grandpa flew at the start of World War 2. It was Australia's fastest plane and it was used for training pilots. By the end of World War 2 he was flying the fastest plane in Britain, the Supermarine Spitfire. Flying this plane then led to him receiving the award of the gold cufflinks.
Reference:
Wirraway: Australia's little wonder 2002, Digger History, accessed 5 May 2015, <http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-air-support/ww2-allied/wirraway.htm>.
Yahoo Company 2004, Flickr, Yahoo, accessed 12 May 2015, <https://www.flickr.com/>.